football club
Ulsan Hyundai FC ( korean : 울산 현대 축구단 ) is a south korean professional football club based in Ulsan, owned by the south korean corporation Hyundai Heavy Industries. Established on 6 December 1983, they joined the K League in 1984 as Hyundai Horang-i. The home ground of the team is Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium.
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history [edit ]
early years : before Ulsan ( 1983–1989 ) [edit ]
Ulsan Hyundai was established on 6 December 1983, as Hyundai Horang-i, with Horangi ( Horangi means tiger in Korean ) as its mascot. Their original franchise area was Incheon and Gyeonggi Province. [ 1 ] They joined the professional K League from 1984 season. While they finished their debut season as 3rd target, the team ‘s striker Baek Jong-chul became the K League Top Scorer, scoring 16 goals in 28 matches. They won their first base professional trophy in 1986, winning the Professional Football Championship, which is the origin of Korean League Cup. From 1987 temper, the club moved their franchise from Incheon and Gyeonggi Province to Gangwon Province. In the 1988 season, they finished the season as the runner-up in the league .
move to Ulsan and rise to ability ( 1990–1999 ) [edit ]
Beginning in the 1990 season, the club moved their franchise to Ulsan, where the headquarters of several branches of owner company Hyundai are located at, from Gangwon Province. Former South Korea ‘s legendary hitter Cha Bum-kun took the managerial place from the 1991 season, leading the clubhouse to the runner-up stead in the league in his debut season. however, he failed to win any trophy and was replaced by Ko Jae-wook after the 1994 season. Under Ko Jae-wook, Ulsan won their second Korean League Cup trophy in 1995, which was his introduction season as Ulsan coach. Ulsan won their first ever league title in 1996, beating Suwon Samsung Bluewings 3–2 aggregate in the backing playoffs. Ulsan then entered a long dry-spell in terms of league trophies, although they won their one-third Korean League Cup trophy in 1998, beating Bucheon SK 2–1 aggregate in the finals .
Two Kims era ( 2000–2013 ) [edit ]
bankruptcy to add a major entitle for years did affect the team negatively. After the exodus of key players like Kim Hyun-seok and a awful start in the 2000, coach Ko Jae-wook resigned in the middle of the season .
Kim Jung-nam era : Gangsters of Asia ( 2000–2008 ) [edit ]
Ulsan appointed Kim Jung-nam, who had once managed south korean national football team, as their future coach. They finished runner-up in 2002 and 2003, and started to emerge as a potent force out. In 2005, with the restitution of two key players, Yoo Sang-chul and Lee Chun-soo, they qualified for the Championship Playoffs. In the play-off semi-final, they beat Seongnam Ilhwa 2–1, and in the final, they beat Incheon United 6–3 aggregate, with a hat-trick from Lee Chun-Soo in the first leg. They became the league champions for the second clock time in their history. The club besides went on to win the A3 Champions Cup in 2006, which they participated as K-League champions. Although they lost their first match in the rival against JEF United Ichihara Chiba 2–3, they beat dalian Shide 4–0 and Gamba Osaka 6–0 to clinch the trophy. Lee Chun-soo became the contest ‘s top scorer, scoring 6 goals in 3 matches. They repeated the merciless attacks in the AFC Champions League that season, beating Al-Shabab 6–0 in the first branch of the quarter-finals. These overwhelming attacks they showed in the season gave Ulsan the dub “ Gangsters of Asia ”. [ 2 ] Ulsan won the 2007 Korean League Cup, beating FC Seoul 2–1 in the final on 27 June 2007. In 2008, the team changed their official identify from Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i to Ulsan Hyundai FC. [ 3 ]
Manager Kim Jung-nam stepped down after the 2008 season. Kim Ho-kon, who had managed the South Korea national under-23 football team that reached the quarter-finals in the 2004 Summer Olympics was appointed as Ulsan ‘s future coach. Kim Ho-kon did not enjoy Ulsan fans ‘ full patronize for his first few seasons at the baseball club, chiefly because of his defensive tactical expressive style and disappointing outcomes. 2011 temper was a dramatic conversion ; Ulsan won their fifth Korean League Cup, beating Busan IPark 3–2 in the concluding. Ulsan besides finished the season as runner-up in the K League that season. Ulsan ‘s singular style of having many players pushing forward in counterattacks earned them the nickname “ Iron mace football ”. [ 4 ] In 2012, the club won the AFC Champions League, defeating Al-Ahli 3–0 in the final examination on 10 November. In the run up to the final, Ulsan went on an unbeaten run throughout the 12 games of the rival, winning nine back-to-back games and scoring 27 goals in the serve. [ 5 ]
Turmoils and the Return of Gangsters of Asia ( 2013–2020 ) [edit ]
Players [edit ]
current squad [edit ]
- As of 20 July 2021
eminence : Flags indicate home team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .
Out on lend [edit ]
note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .
club officials [edit ]
- Head Coach: Hong Myung-bo
- Coach: Myeong Jae-yong, Kim In-soo, Byun Jae-seob
- Physio: Tsukoshi Tomo
- Goalkeeping Coach: Kim Beom-soo
- U-18 Team Head Coach: Park Ki-wook
- U-15 Team Head Coach: Kim Baek-kwan
- Video Analyst: Satoshi Shimizu
Managers [edit ]
Kits [edit ]
Kit suppliers [edit ]
Honours [edit ]
domestic competitions [edit ]
League
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[edit ]
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- Champions (2): 1996, 2005
- Runners-up (9): 1986, 1991, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2011, 2013, 2019, 2020
Cups [edit ]
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- Winners: 2017
- Runners-up: 1998, 2018, 2020
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- Winners (5): 1986, 1995, 1998, 2007, 2011
- Runners-up: 1993, 2002, 2005
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- Winners: 2006
- a b Reserve team
International competitions [edit ]
asian [edit ]
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- Winners: 2012, 2020
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- Winners: 2006
Records [edit ]
Season
Division
Tms.
Pos.
FA Cup
AFC CL
1984
1
8
3
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—
1985
1
8
4
—
—
1986
1
6
6
—
—
1987
1
5
4
—
—
1988
1
5
2
—
—
1989
1
6
6
—
—
1990
1
6
5
—
—
1991
1
6
2
—
—
1992
1
6
3
—
—
1993
1
6
3
—
—
1994
1
7
4
—
—
1995
1
8
2
—
—
1996
1
9
1
Semi-final
—
1997
1
10
3
Quarter-final
—
1998
1
10
2
Runners-up
Round of 16
1999
1
10
6
Semi-final
—
2000
1
10
10
Quarter-final
—
2001
1
10
6
Semi-final
—
2002
1
10
2
Quarter-final
—
2003
1
12
2
Semi-final
—
2004
1
13
4
Semi-final
—
2005
1
13
1
Round of 16
—
2006
1
14
5
Round of 32
Semi-final
2007
1
14
4
Quarter-final
—
2008
1
14
3
Quarter-final
—
2009
1
15
8
Round of 32
Group stage
2010
1
15
5
Round of 16
—
2011
1
16
2
Semi-final
—
2012
1
16
5
Semi-final
Winners
2013
1
14
2
Round of 16
—
2014
1
12
6
Round of 16
Group stage
2015
1
12
7
Semi-final
—
2016
1
12
4
Semi-final
—
2017
1
12
4
Winners
Group stage
2018
1
12
3
Runners-up
Round of 16
2019
1
12
2
Round of 32
Round of 16
2020
1
12
2
Runners-up
Winners
2021
1
12
Semi-final
- Key
- Tms. = Number of teams
- Pos. = Position in league
AFC Champions League record [edit ]
- a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Played at a achromatic venue .
See besides [edit ]
References [edit ]
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